Difference between revisions of "Know your woods"
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: ''Click on the links of the trees to read a section 'Uses of wood', for example [[Castanea sativa]]'' | : ''Click on the links of the trees to read a section 'Uses of wood', for example [[Castanea sativa]]'' | ||
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File:Padouk, afrikanisch Holz.JPG|African padouk, from [[Pterocarpus]] | File:Padouk, afrikanisch Holz.JPG|African padouk, from [[Pterocarpus]] | ||
File:Alder wood.JPG|[[Alder]] | File:Alder wood.JPG|[[Alder]] | ||
Revision as of 08:36, 4 February 2012
- Topic in Cabinet making courses
Images of wood
- Click on the links of the trees to read a section 'Uses of wood', for example Castanea sativa
African padouk, from Pterocarpus
Douglas-fir, used for timber, masts, interior design, furniture, railroad ties, wood in the garden
Bilinga(Obebe), from Nauclea diderrichii
Ebony wood, mostly from Diospyros
Fir (Abies alba)
Fir, from Picea abies(Norway spruce), see Spruce
Oak(Quercus robur)
Poplar, used for packaging, matches, clogs
Ramin, from Gonystylus
Rosewood, from Dalbergia
Sweet chestnut, see Castanea sativa
Taxus baccata, see Taxus, historically used for the construction of longbows
Tilia, Lime wood
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External links
- Houtsoorten Dutch Wikipedia
- Liste der Holzarten German Wikipedia
- Список пород древесины Russian Wikipedia
- List of woods Wikipedia
- Know your woods http://www.frontgate.com
- Wood Wikipedia
- Woodsampler Woodworker's Website Assocation, showing images of wood samples of many species
